Hi
Well, I got my ThinkPad 240X and after a bit of a struggle got the drives partitioned and XP Home installed, all without a CD drive or floppy drive for this machine and it doesnt boot from USB. Long story, but it involved taking the drive out and copying install files across via another laptop.
In terms of speed compared to the ThinkPad 600, 600E and Umax I had, this is very quick. XP rips along, but it has no Linux installed at present.
My next trick is to get Linux installed and this is where you guys come in. I would like to install Linux Mint LXDE or possibly Xubuntu. How can I do it without a CD drive, without being able to boot via USB and without messing up my Windows installation?
I have partitioned the drive. I have XP installed on one, a small one containing the XP installer files which could easily be replaced with the Linux install files, plus a spare partition ready for Linux.
So any advice on how to do it. I have googled it and there are plenty of different ways although a lot of them assume you can boot via USB.
Simon Royal
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On 5 August 2010 13:45, Simon Royal simonroyal@live.co.uk wrote:
My next trick is to get Linux installed and this is where you guys come in. I would like to install Linux Mint LXDE or possibly Xubuntu. How can I do it without a CD drive, without being able to boot via USB and without messing up my Windows installation?
I have partitioned the drive. I have XP installed on one, a small one containing the XP installer files which could easily be replaced with the Linux install files, plus a spare partition ready for Linux.
So any advice on how to do it. I have googled it and there are plenty of different ways although a lot of them assume you can boot via USB.
Simon Royal
Ubuntu supports WABI installs, which adds an item to the Windows boot.ini for dual booting. Do Mint and Xubuntu support that too?
Tim.
Ubuntu supports WABI installs, which adds an item to the Windows boot.ini for dual booting. Do Mint and Xubuntu support that too?
Ubuntu/Xubuntu aren't different base distros. As far as I'm aware, Xubuntu through Wubi amounts to installing Ubuntu through Wubi, then installing the xubuntu-desktop package.
Mint - there is something called Mint4Win on the install discs apparently, looks like Simon would require using a CD mounting tool* and running it, I have no idea whether it works or how well it is maintained.
*You could use Microsoft Virtual CD control panel for that.
Marcus
I just briefly checked out Mint4Win and it does appear to be the same as Wubi. Wubi as I understand it will install Linux in its own partition and offer you a grub menu on boot so you can pick which OS you want to boot into.
To get rid of it you can simply go into Windows and remove it from the Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Is that right. In which case, I would simply copy the ISO of which ever buntu I wanted to install - Xubuntu probably as Mint4Win is a bit flakey and doesnt support the latest version nor the LXDE versions - to a partition of the hard drive and point the installer to it.
Is this right?
If it is, that would make it a very easy way of installing without a CD drive.
Simon
Simon Royal
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:09:38 +0100 From: runlevelten@gmail.com To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] Installing Linux Without CD/USB
Ubuntu supports WABI installs, which adds an item to the Windows boot.ini for dual booting. Do Mint and Xubuntu support that too?
Ubuntu/Xubuntu aren't different base distros. As far as I'm aware, Xubuntu through Wubi amounts to installing Ubuntu through Wubi, then installing the xubuntu-desktop package.
Mint - there is something called Mint4Win on the install discs apparently, looks like Simon would require using a CD mounting tool* and running it, I have no idea whether it works or how well it is maintained.
*You could use Microsoft Virtual CD control panel for that.
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On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Simon Royal simonroyal@live.co.uk wrote:
My next trick is to get Linux installed and this is where you guys come in. I would like to install Linux Mint LXDE or possibly Xubuntu. How can I do it without a CD drive, without being able to boot via USB and without messing up my Windows installation?
I have never tried it, but would a network based install work? PXE seems to ring a bell
Ricky
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